Adding a logo to the map
An important part of customizing a map is to add your logo or other graphics to the composition. In this recipe, we'll add a simple logo to the map.
Getting ready
You will need to download the following zipped shapefile and extract it to your qgis_data directory, to a subdirectory named ms:
https://geospatialpython.googlecode.com/svn/Mississippi.zip
You will also need a logo image, which you can download from https://geospatialpython.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/logo.png.
Place the image in your qgis_data/rasters
directory.
If you haven't already done so in the previous recipe, download the MapComposer library from https://geospatialpython.googlecode.com/svn/MapComposer.py, to simplify the creation of the map composition.
Place the file in the .qgis2/python directory within your home directory.
How to do it...
In this recipe, we will create the map composition, add the logo image, and save the map as an image. To do this, we need to perform the following steps:
- First...
